White Christmas; The Christmas Song; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; The Little Drummer Boy; Rudolph the [more]

Of the several Christmas LPs Johnny Mathis has recorded, this one gets the nod. With empathetic arrangements by Percy Faith, it's impossible to say how many babies were born the [more]

Chances are that when Andy Williams released his first holiday album in 1963, he had no idea that his name would soon become synonymous with Christmas. The success of the album [more]

Herb Alpert turned to jazz's Shorty Rogers -- then toiling in the L.A. film and TV studios -- for voice and string arrangements on his Christmas album, and Rogers in [more]

Whether or not you like sacred vocal music, one cannot help but be moved by the power and passion with which Mahalia Jackson sings "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" and [more]

Originally issued on the Austin label in 1983, this rockin' release was reissued with a new cover on Epic in 1986. Standouts include The Fabulous Thunderbirds' spirited instrumental

The lineup of 16 Most Requested Songs of Christmas is a little uneven, vascillating between the sublime and the merely adequate, but the best moments of the [more]

The budget-priced Christmas Favorites is an adequate collection of seasonal favorites from pop's golden era -- there's nothing here that isn't already on dozens of [more]

The Boys Choir of Harlem is joined by guests the James Williams Trio and Dianne Reeves for Christmas Carols and Sacred Songs, an engaging collection of [more]

A Celebration of Christmas: Carols Through the Ages features Alfred Deller and Consort Deller performing a seemingly endless [more]

Originally released as a set of multiple 78s, Christmas Songs by Sinatra contains a number of holiday standards Frank Sinatra recorded for Columbia Records during the [more]

Let's Share Christmas is an engaging holiday record from John Pizzarelli. Featuring several songs arranged and conducted by Johnny Mandel, Michel Legrand and Claire Fischer, [more]

The story of the birth of Jesus more than 2,000 years ago has been the source of inspiration for countless poets and musicians, as well [more]

Doris Day and Dinah Shore were two of the most beloved singers of the 1940s, '50s and '60s. While Doris Day was a band [more]

Home for Christmas has nine performances, none of which are famous but all of which are enjoyable. Diahann Carroll does her interpretation of [more]

An old adage has it that good music enters the ear with ease and leaves it with great difficulty. Celtic music fulfills this criterion [more]

RCA Victor's Most Fabulous Christmas Album Ever collects 21 of the label's most memorable holiday songs. From Spike Jones' "My Two Front Teeth" to Eartha Kitt's [more]

A host of contemporary jazz stars fills this excellent compilation of traditional holiday music with smooth jazz inflections; jazzy vocals; and [more]

When bandleader Stan Kenton was approached to record an album of holiday music in 1961 he agreed, on one condition -- no songs about singing snowmen or flying reindeer. The resulting [more]

The Boston Pops Orchestra's White Christmas contains no real surprises, relying on a number of classical pieces balanced by a handful of [more]